Improvement in hammocks



UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT P. TRAVERS, -OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IM PRovEM ENT IN HAMIMocKs.

Specification forming part of ALetters Patent No. 221,754, dated November 1d, 18,79; application tiled August 2l, 1879.

To all whom it 'may concern: l

Be it known that l, VINCENT PAUL TRAV- ERS, of the city of New York, in the countyk and State of New York, havel invented a new and Improved Hammock, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hammock. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion 0f the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on theI line c c, Fig. 2; and Fig.4, a longitudinalsection on the line la k, Fig. 2.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate correspending parts in all the iigures.

This invention relates to an improved hammock which allows free circulation of air, and is, nevertheless,`-strong and convenient in use.

'lhe invention consists, tirst, ,in so making the hammock, which consists ot' two materia-ls--to wit, a border ot'A duck, canvas, or similar closely-Woven material, having an inner row of prepared apertures, and an interior portion made of reticnlated fabric-that the two materials can be readily taken apart or re-joiued by a'cdrd.

The invention also consists in the novel use of detachable notched distending-blocks, and in'animproved head-rest, all as is hereinafter more fully described.

In. the drawings, the letter A represents my improved hammock. The body ot `this ham mock is composed ot' border e, made of dnck, canvas, or similarv closely woven material, and an inner seat or filling, b, made of reticulated fabric. The border a is of suitable size, of rectangular or other shape, and incloses a space sufficiently large for a person to rest Within.

The reticulated fabric b is joined to the in ner edge ot the border a, and may be of rectangular, oval, or other form, the innen edge of the border a corresponding substantially to the outer edge of t-he fabric b. l

The two fabrics a. l) may be. joined in suitable manner; but I prefer to connect them in such a way that the fabric b is removable, and may be replaced when'worn.' To this end I provide the border a along its inner edge with a. seriesof eyelets, d d. A cord, e, passed alternately through 'these eyelets and the outer meshes of the reticulated fabric b, and tied or otherwise united at the ends, will securely join the fabrics o; b, and will still allow the fabric b to be removed by simply detaching the cord e. Instead of the eyelets d, small button-holes may be used, and the two fabrics may, if desired, be united by hooks and eyes, buttons, buckles, orin other equivalent manner.

To the ends of the border a are respectively fastened a series of snspensioniropes, ff, 827e., which are joined at their outer extremities by rings-91, or otherwise, and by which the ham- A mock is suspended t'romtrees or other supports in the ordi-nary manner.

In order to keep the hammockt'rom collapsin g I employ two curved distenders or blocks, g g,'made of Wood or other rigid material, of a length about equal tothe width ofthe hammock. *These two blocks g g are provided with notches` at their lower convex edges, the dis? tance between .the several notches corresponding to the proper distance bet-Ween the suspension-ropes f f near the border a. The blocks g g are placed at the head and foot of the hammock, respectively, over the'ropes f f, in such a'manner notches in the distention-pieces, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. In this Way the hammock will be kept properly distended, and at the same time the distention-pieces are readily removable for stowing the hammock conven-= iently away. 'Moreoven these blocks, being notched, are readily made to space the cords f,

so that two or more such cords may be put* into the same notch to right the hammock or more or less-incline it, as may be desired.

h is the head-rest of my improved hammock. It consists of a short strap ot' canvas leather, or other material, connected at its-end to the border a near one end of the hammock, but is disconnected betweensaid ends. This strap is shorter than that part of the hammock over which it extends, so that it will be drawn tant when the hammock is properly suspended, and thereby elevated above the central part of the hammock, constituting thus a yielding head-rest.

I claim- 1. As a new article of manufacture, the hammock A, made ot' a border, a., of canvas or .other closely-woven fabric, which border is connected to the suspension-cords f and prothat said ropes enter the' vided with an inner row of prepared apertures, l?, and of a removable inner portion, b, of rctculated fabric, connected to the part a by a cord, c, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. The combination of a hammock, A, having suspension-ropes ff, with the detachable ,distemling-blooks g g, which are notched at their lower edge to space said ropes ff, sub stautially as specified.

, 3. The combination of a. hammock, A, with the yielding headrest h, which is connected to the hammock only at its ends, and is shorter than that', part of thc hammock over. which il: extends, so that in will be taut when the hammock is suspended, substantially as specified.

VINCENT P. TRAVERS. Witnesses F. v. BRIESEN, T. B. MosHER. 

